Civil War Soldier
JAMES Claffey
Offaly: Unknown Within Offaly
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Army: Union
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Born: 1834
Soldier No. 249
25 Massachusetts
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Town: 12 · Regiment: 0 · State: 12 · Town+Reg: 0
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This record places JAMES Claffey from Unknown Within Offaly in Union service.
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- Soldier Number
- 249
- Surname
- Claffey
- First Name
- JAMES
- Alternative Name / Alias
- Claffee, James
- Soldier No. Of Relation
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Offaly Town / Area
- Unknown Within Offaly
- Army
- Union
- Rank
- Private
- Company
- Co. C
- Regiment Number
- 25
- US State Regiment
- Massachusetts
- Type Reg.
- Infantry
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- Mother
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Father
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Siblings
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Family Connections / Other Relationship
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Birth Year
- 1834
- Baptism Record
- Unknown / not yet recorded
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- Civil War Death Y/N
- N
- Battle Or Other Civil War Related Death
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Death Year
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Place of Death
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- State / Country Of Burial
- Massachusetts, USA
- Grave Site (link)
- Unknown / not yet recorded
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- Service: Union – 25 Massachusetts Infantry – Co. C
- Death & Aftermath: Civil War death: N • Burial location: Massachusetts, USA
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- THOMAS Bergin — Soldier No. 220 | Unknown Within Offaly | 2 Regular Army Artillery | Union
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- CHARLES Brown — Soldier No. 226 | Unknown Within Offaly | 5 Regular Army Cavalry | Union | d. 1868
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Same surname (possible family group)
- MICHAEL Claffey — Soldier No. 201 | Moneygall | 24 Connecticut Infantry | Union | d. 1895
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Served in regiments from the same US state
- DENNIS Bracken — Soldier No. 11 | Banagher | 56 Massachusetts Infantry | Union | d. 1864
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